Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a client device, cause the client device to perform operations comprising: receiving, at the client device, a signal indicative of a request to begin a two-way audio communication between the client device and a network-connectable audio/video recording and communication device (“A/V device”); receiving, via a user interface of the client device, a first input indicating an acceptance of the request to begin the two-way audio communication; receiving, via the user interface during the two-way audio communication, a second input indicating that a package is being delivered to a building associated with the A/V device; based on the receiving of the second input indicating that the package is being delivered, initiating a delivery confirmation process at the client device, wherein the delivery confirmation process comprises: receiving, at the client device, information about the package comprising at least one of a description of contents of the package, an identity of a sender of the package, a tracking number associated with the package, or a delivery address of the package; displaying, on a display of the client device, the information about the package; receiving, via the user interface, an electronic signature indicating acceptance of delivery of the package; and transmitting, by the client device, data representative of the electronic signature to a delivery service server.
2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise: receiving, at the client device, first audio data and video data from the A/V device; capturing, by a microphone of the client device, second audio; and transmitting, from the client device, second audio data representative of the second audio to the A/V device.
3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the video data received at the client device is representative of at least one image of the package being delivered.
4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the second audio data transmitted to the A/V device is representative of an audio message instructing a delivery person where to place the package being delivered.
5. A method comprising: receiving, at a first network-connectable electronic device from a second network-connectable electronic device: first audio data representative of first audio captured at the second network-connectable electronic device, and video data representative of at least one image captured by a camera of the second network-connectable electronic device; transmitting, from the first network-connectable electronic device to the second network-connectable electronic device, second audio data representative of second audio captured at the first network-connectable electronic device, wherein the receiving of the first audio data and the transmitting of the second audio data comprises a two-way audio communication between the first network-connectable electronic device and a second network-connectable electronic device; displaying, on a display of the first network-connectable electronic device, the video data received from the second network-connectable device along with a display element for indicating that a package is being delivered, wherein the video data and the display element are displayed together on the display at a same time; receiving, via a user interface of the first network-connectable electronic device, a signal indicating that a package is being delivered based on a selection of the display element via the user interface; based on the receiving of the signal indicating that the package is being delivered based on the selection of the display element at the first network-connectable device, initiating a delivery confirmation process at the first network-connectable device, wherein the delivery confirmation process comprises: receiving, via the user interface, an input indicating acceptance of delivery of the package, wherein the input is received during the two-way audio communication between the first network-connectable electronic device and the second network-connectable electronic device; and transmitting, by the first network-connectable electronic device, a message indicating the acceptance of delivery of the package to a server.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the video data received at the first network-connectable device is representative of at least one image of the package being delivered.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the second audio data transmitted to the second network-connectable device is representative of an audio message instructing a delivery person where to place the package being delivered.
8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the input is a first input and the method further comprises: receiving, at the first network-connectable electronic device, a request to initiate the two-way communication; and receiving, via the user interface, a second input indicating an acceptance of the request to initiate the two-way communication.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising displaying, on the user interface of the first network connectable device, a display element representative of the request to initiate the two-way communication.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the request to initiate the two-way communication is received from the second network-connectable electronic device.
11. The method of claim 5 , further comprising, during the two-way communication, receiving, at the first network-connectable device, information about the package, wherein the information comprises at least one of a description of contents of the package, an identity of a sender of the package, a tracking number associated with the package, a delivery address of the package, or an identity of a delivery service delivering the package.
12. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first network-connectable electronic device and the second network-connectable electronic device are physically remote from one another.
13. The method of claim 5 , wherein the input indicating acceptance of delivery of the package comprises at least one of an electronic signature, a verbal passcode, or a press of a button.
14. The method of claim 5 , wherein the display and the user interface of the first network-connectable electronic device comprises a touchscreen.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the signal indicating that the package is being delivered is received in response to a touching of the touchscreen in an area where the display element is displayed.
16. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first network-connectable electronic device comprises at least one of a laptop, a tablet, a smartphone, or a virtual assistant device; and the second network-connectable electronic device comprises at least one of a smartphone, a laptop, a tablet, or an audio/video recording and communication device.
17. The method of claim 5 , wherein the signal indicating that the package is being delivered is not an unlock door signal, and further wherein the method comprises transmitting, by the first network-connectable electronic device, the signal indicating that the package is being delivered to at least one of the server, the second network-connectable electronic device, or a third network-connectable electronic device.
18. A method comprising: connecting a two-way audio communication between a first network-connectable electronic device and a second network-connectable electronic device; receiving during the two-way audio communication, from the first network-connectable electronic device, data indicating that a package is being delivered; based on the receiving of the data from the first network-connectable electronic device indicating that the package is being delivered, initiating a delivery confirmation process comprising: transmitting an instruction to the second network-connectable electronic device to obtain a unique identifier associated with the package; receiving, from the second network-connectable electronic device, the unique identifier of the package; transmitting, to a delivery service server, the unique identifier; receiving, from the delivery service server, information about the package comprising at least one of a description of contents of the package, an identity of a sender of the package, a tracking number associated with the package, or a delivery address of the package; transmitting, to the first network-connectable electronic device, the information about the package; receiving, from the first network-connectable electronic device, a first message indicating acceptance of delivery of the package; and transmitting, to the delivery service server, a second message indicating the acceptance of delivery of the package.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein each of the first message and the second message comprises information representative of the acceptance of the delivery of the package.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the information representative of the acceptance of the delivery of the package comprises an electronic signature.
21. The method of claim 18 , further comprising receiving, from the first network-connectable electronic device, a confirmation message indicating that the delivery address of the package is correct.
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September 7, 2021
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